For the Harley-Batman number:
I've disagreed every time it has been stated that Harley wins 6-4 against Batman and that hasn't changed.
The fact that her gunshots have little to no recovery at all do make Harley an annoyance in the zoning department, but we mustn't forget that we have our trait to disrupt that momentum. In this match-up, Harley will always prefer to zone...because up-close, nothing she does is safe. All her cartwheel options, we can punish on block. Harley has no mix-up game with that piss-poor overhead and a low that is decently spaced and not reactable.
The "block infinite" she has against Batman (her 1 1 2 into forward jump if I remember right) has never proven threatening to me as it is very easy to escape. If you see her jump forward, simply forward dash and you're out. Or you can just push-block.
Dash-happy Batmen will obviously find the Harley match-up difficult given how quick her gunshots recover. You'll really have to walk and duck every time you see her flinch as if she is about to fire a gunshot.
I call this match-up 5-5.
For the Bane-Batman number:
You're probably going to look at me like I'm crazy, and I don't blame you, but...Batman might actually win this one 6-4.
Earlier in the game, I used to play Bane in a very different way that was NOT effective and I'd despaired over how "we can't zone him in Venom or play footsies" and all that shit. This was before I'd evolved into the patient Batman player I am now. Not to feel myself up, but I'm like a brick wall to Bane players - they get salty fairly quickly when trying to get in on me. His only means of closing the distance are dashing, jumping, and Venom LV 3 which makes him immune to projectiles, and given that I punish dashing and jumping on a very consistent basis...well, you can imagine the rest.
As for Venom LV 3, THAT'S when you get out of dodge. If you see his Venom raise to maximum power and you already have a projectile on the screen, Meter-Burn it and dash backwards repeatedly. As his Venom overrides your pushblock if he cancels a normal into a special, you really have to pick and choose your spots to pushblock very carefully.
Nothing he cancels into off a d1 or d2 is a true blockstring, so you can escape with backdash or MB B3/F3 (provided he isn't already armored). And Banes make frequent use of both those normals.
And Banes that charge at all...well...they die. Worthless special if I ever saw one.
The talking point that Batman suffers on knockdown does remain, however. I trust I don't have to describe why Bane's knockdown game is one of the best, so it won't surprise me if 5-5 is the more accurate number.
For the Batman-Batgirl number:
King and I have discussed this match-up before, so undoubtedly he will see this opinion coming. While 5-5 is not an unreasonable number, and one I'm willing to agree with, I wouldn't dispute anybody who thinks Batman might also win this one 6-4.
Given that we're talking about Batgirl here, this might raise eyebrows, but hear me out. The safeness of Batgirl's mix-up game between her b1 2 and b2 3 gets cut in half because her latter string (the overhead, in other words) is -7 on block and therefore Batman can punish with either 1 1 3 or 1 2 3. None of Batgirl's cartwheel options are safe against him, either. Sure he still has to guess right, but whereas most characters don't really get anything out of guessing right, Batman gets quite the reward.
Batgirl also can't counter-zone against a Batman who has one bar of meter and/or a trait bat on hand. Any attempts to punish your zoning with her teleport can be shut down by either burning your bar of meter or releasing the bat. As such, she has to work past your zoning just like the majority of the cast, by dashing, jumping, or throwing her own Batarangs.
What Batgirl does excel with is her knockdown game and corner damage, but the point is that against Batman she has to be conservative with her mix-ups and anti-zoning instead of just going HAM.
The rest of the chart, I agree with.
